Resolve Network

Resolve Network empowers women most affected by conflict to reclaim their lives, rebuild communities, and build peace from the ground up. We target solutions at the root of violence: access to power and resources. Step-by-step, our three-tiered approach counters the cycles of violence that culminate in genocide. The tiers build from Micro to Macro: (1) Individual, (2) Communal, (3) Societal. We start by empowering women survivors through literacy and microfinance. Then, together we work to rebuild public services such as access to clean drinking water, sanitary latrines, education, and more. Finally, we grow to societal projects addressing security, health, and civic participation.

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Marte

Marte smiles as she brews a traditional banana drink that leaves her customers raving (including us)!

Pascaline

Pascaline, the record-keeper of her co-op, says the savings program "starts as an umbrella for a rainy day. As we add to it, the shelter and security it gives grows until it is like a solid roof."

Georgette

Georgette, after a live-blogging session. When her growth strategies for her fried fish business earned her $50-$100 profits per week, she started coaching other women to strengthen their businesses.

Mapendo

Mapendo's Vision "I will train other women how to unite to help each other grow. My group is planning how to help other women start businesses. We can multiply our successes together."

Ahana

Ahana, 9, babysits her brother while their mother runs her microfinance co-op meeting. Her mother, Mapendo, now earns enough to send Ahana to school. Ahana wants to study computers in college.